CHARMOUTH HERITAGE COAST CENTRE

Registered charity 1105386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in geology, palaeontology, geomorphology and natural history of the coast and adjacent areas at Charmouth and to maintain a centre at Charmouth for education and information to encourage management of the coast and adjacent areas.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE GEOLOGY, PALAEONTOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COAST AND ADJACENT AREAS AT CHARMOUTH AND TO MAINTAIN A CENTRE AT CHARMOUTH FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION OF THE COAST AND ADJACENT AREA.

Area of benefit: DORSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £31,312 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income reaching £281,962. The trustees report that the charity is on a sound financial basis, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £227,544. The filing notes that the charity is eligible for independent examination and that no audit is required under company law.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Richard Harveychair
• Barry Preston Coleman
• Dr Jane Elizabeth Gregory
• Eden Hamilton Thomson
• Helen Jane Van der Plank
• JANET R COLEMAN
• Janet Coleman
• Jonathan Guy Field · trustee of 1 other charity
• Penelope Ann Rose
• Penelope Jane Whailing
• Richard Bovill

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENT & MEDWAY BIOLOGICAL RECORDS CENTRE.

• KENT & MEDWAY BIOLOGICAL RECORDS CENTRE income £198k
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• BEACHES PRE-SCHOOL income £309k
• THE COBNOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE TRUST income £877k
• CITYCOAST TRUST income £467k
• THE DEVON AND EXETER INSTITUTION income £328k

Side by side with its peers

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